The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending a Diversity of Oratorical Specimens, of the Eloquence of Popular Assemblies, of the Bar, of the Pulpit, &c. Principally Intended for the Use of Schools and Academies. To which are Prefixed a Dissertation on Oratorical Delivery and the Outlines of GestureSidney's Press, for John Babcock & Son, New-Haven, and S. & W.R. Babcock, Charleston, S.C., 1819 - 408 halaman |
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... affection , and whose innocence deserved the highest favour ? There are in heaven , the redeemed of all people , nations , and languages : there are the heroes of reli- gion , who for having turned many to righteousness , shine bright ...
... affection , and whose innocence deserved the highest favour ? There are in heaven , the redeemed of all people , nations , and languages : there are the heroes of reli- gion , who for having turned many to righteousness , shine bright ...
Halaman 43
... affections depends on the power of the voice addressed to the ear . To understand and be able to manage the voice , must be a matter , there- fore of the highest importance to the public speaker . The ancient orators , sensible of this ...
... affections depends on the power of the voice addressed to the ear . To understand and be able to manage the voice , must be a matter , there- fore of the highest importance to the public speaker . The ancient orators , sensible of this ...
Halaman 69
... affection ; it is attended by a total relaxation of the nerves ; the head hangs to the side next the heart , the eyes turned up- on the object , or if that is absent , fixed on the ground , the hands hanging down by their own weight ...
... affection ; it is attended by a total relaxation of the nerves ; the head hangs to the side next the heart , the eyes turned up- on the object , or if that is absent , fixed on the ground , the hands hanging down by their own weight ...
Halaman 70
... affection of the mind , and to the char- acter of the speaker , the more do they offend the ju- dicious by their manifest affectation . If dignity be assumed where none is found in the sentiment , pa- thos without any thing interesting ...
... affection of the mind , and to the char- acter of the speaker , the more do they offend the ju- dicious by their manifest affectation . If dignity be assumed where none is found in the sentiment , pa- thos without any thing interesting ...
Halaman 79
... affection for his own person , as deliberately to as- sert , that it and its concerns , are proper topics to en- tertain company . Yet there are many , who , through want of attention , fall into this vein , as soon as the conversation ...
... affection for his own person , as deliberately to as- sert , that it and its concerns , are proper topics to en- tertain company . Yet there are many , who , through want of attention , fall into this vein , as soon as the conversation ...
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Abdallah action admiration affection beauty beheld Black Crows Bozaldab Caliph called Carazan CHAPTER character Christian Cicero circumflex composition conversation countenance death declamation degree delight delivered delivery Demosthenes dignity discourse divine Dolgoath Doric order elevated eloquence emphasis enchanter valley expression eyes feelings fingers united Fisher Ames force friends genius gesture give goddess grace happiness head heart heaven honour human imagination impressive instruction ject John Slater judge kind language liberty look Lord Chatham manner ment mind nature ness never objects occasion opposite imperfections orator oratory passion pauses perceive perfect person pleasure principal public speaking pulpit Quintilian reader reading reason Redruth religion requisite rhetorical rising inflexion Roman senate Sabat Section sense sentence sentiments sion slavery soul speaker sublime talents taste ternately thee thing thou thought tion tone truth variety vice virtue voice whole words zards
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Halaman 180 - I send thee ; to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God ; that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified, by faith that is in me.
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Halaman 81 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve; the censure of the which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.